A large part of the information we consume daily comes from social media… Facebook and Instagram are not only a platform where we interact with our friends and family but also where we enjoy content that excites us, angers us, or amuses us.
This year, the excitement and joy of being World Champions completely filled our daily lives and that, of course, was transferred to our social networks. Although this madness dyed everything blue and white, it was not the only thing that moved us and both Instagram and Facebook reflected our curiosity and interest.
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The most viewed post On ANDSUR's FanPage, the post addressed Kun Aguero's "promise" to fight with Dutch player Wout Weghorst after the match that both teams played in Qatar. At the time of writing this article, that post had already reached more than 15 million people and is close to 7 million views.
Weghorst is the famous “fool” that Messi sent “going away”, and the video of that moment remained in 5th place with 2.5 million views.
So… what are the videos that occupied the middle positions?
The exciting dialogue between the Ezeiza Control Tower and the commander of the flight that brought Argentina to the Scaloneta and the World Cup occupies 2nd place among the most viewed videos, with more than 4.2 million views. And it continues to climb positions, so we have no doubt that it will become the most viewed of the year.
3rd place One of the videos with the most views, some 4 million, is that of the people from Comodoro who couldn't help but jump on the hopscotch that a toy store had painted on the sidewalk. The images from the security cameras captured how age or how they were dressed didn't matter; everyone was tempted and gave free rein to their most playful side and the video, of course, quickly went viral.
The 4th most viewed video It also has to do with the World Cup, our football idols, the superstitions and the illusion, which turned everything into “signs” that the cup would come home, and which ended up coming true. Diego Maradona’s appearance in Naples was one of the many things we chose to believe, to feed an illusion that finally became reality.
The phrase became part of history. In seconds it became a t-shirt, a mug, a meme, and was forever engraved in the memory of all Argentines: “What are you looking at, fool? Go over there.”… An exultant Messi after winning - with a strong taste of revenge - against the Netherlands put a rival player in his place, seconds after speaking to the Argentine media. Messi's viral reaction in 5th place, with 2.5 million views.
While it is true that the most viewed posts on Facebook are videos with millions of views, A photo managed to sneak into the top 10 posts that provoked the most reactions. Pride for a young woman from Comodoro who managed to win a South American sports title and the support of the people for her efforts and struggle to achieve her dreams. Skater Camila Gallardo was crowned South American champion and her post had more than 90 thousand reactions and was seen by more than 2.5 million people.
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The most viewed are three posts that will continue to stir our hearts for a long time: the emotion of Enzo Fernández and his relief after the victory on penalties against France, Messi's anger with the Dutch that will be immortalized in his "What are you looking at, fool?", and his "stick" to Louis Van Gaal, the coach of the Netherlands, who never hid his contempt for the Argentine players, including Juan Román Riquelme and for what Messi, from the field, did to him the famous Topo Gigio of Román celebrating in his face Argentina's passage to the semifinals of the World Cup in Qatar.
Among the reelsThe one with the most views is the exciting communication between the control tower and the plane with the world champions before landing, with almost 2 million views.
Kun Agüero's clash with a player from the Netherlands and his promise to settle it with a fight added more than 760 thousand views
And Lionel Scaloni's emotion after the penalties against France and having won the World Cup was viewed 301 thousand times.
The Scaloneta craze was the most viewed post on Instagram and it is the one that garnered the most likes and comments. But throughout the year, a lot of content went viral and some of it maintained a prominent position:
Allegations of sexual abuse at a kindergarten in Comodoro shook society and social media, with more than 129 thousand views.
The shocking images of the effects of the heavy rains in September have put all Comodoro residents on alert.
With almost 60 thousand views, the video that tells the story of Laura Elisandro, one of the first truck drivers in Chubut, held a special place, followed by the curious video of a snake frozen in the middle of a polar wave in Patagonia, with more than 42 thousand views.
Another strange creature went viral and took third place for its resemblance to the "demogorgon," the monster popularized by the series Stranger Things.
Heavy rains hit the city again in mid-September. And although their impact is not close to that of the storm in 2017, images of the state of the streets have multiplied on social media.
The Book Fair was a central event in Comodoro, which welcomed its youngest writer. Jasmine, only 8 years old, became a published writer when the pages recounting the anecdotes she had experienced with her grandfather came out of the printing press.
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